Another one of my "theories" - this time about surnames

[Posey]

I keep having these little theories and where better than here to get a good cross-section of the population to try it out.

Anyway, this theory is that people who have unusual surnames, or ones that people always ask you to spell, at birth, marry men who do too. Those with "normal" or "common" (don't take offence at those phrases) surnames have husbands with equally straightforward surnames.

So what about you?
I fall into the former group, although its recently got easier as there is a new celebrity with the same name.

marthamoo, when my SIL married my brother, she gained the rhyming name I was desperate to be shot of

Mine was a colour now its a Town.. and didn't/don't have to spell either.

My surname is 4 letters, two are the same, It is not very unusual but I am always asked to spell it, and people always add an 's' at the end, although the s sound does not appear in the name, and makes it soound strange.

My maiden name was not very common, so I suppose your theory could hold!

I had an Italian maiden name, which I always had to spell out. DH very straightforwad surname, but guess what? I always have to spell that out, too. Grrrh!

My surname is Irish, and I don't think it's that difficult, but it often gets misspelled even after I've spelled it out, or written it down because it's a less common spelling of it. DH's name is Indian, and is so long and difficult that he sometimes runs out of space on those forms with little boxes. In fact he uses his father's first name as a surname whenever possible, eg at work, it's still Indian but at least it only has two syllables. So I think Posey's theory holds true for me, even though I didn't change my name.

Sorry I always had to spell my maiden name, I married a man with quite a common surname.

i actually had a commonish surname and an equally common married name but am often asked to spell both!

My maiden name is a spelling variation on an important town in the US state of Minnesota, a charitable foundation in the Pacific northwest of the USA (again, spelling variation), and the 3rd explorer to reach the north pole (again, the spelling variation).
(Multimap crashes as 550 Mumsnetters rush off to map Minnesota).
DH's name is... er, don't know a single interesting fact about it!

Oh, and it was one of the places the villains went to in the film 'Fargo'!

Gosh, I'm bowled over by the number of replies (I think this may be my record for the number of people responding on a thread I've started )
Someone said I've got too much time on my hands, you may be right! Dh works in the evening and once the children are in bed I end up pondering, and putting my ideas on here. Thanks for bearing with me

Anyway, this name thing has got me thinking of something else, but I'll start a new thread.

oh is it too late to add mine?

My surname is normal - a dictionary word that doesn't need spelling. Common as anything in the North East apparently.

DP's surname is so unusual that it doesn't occur in the customer databases of any of the major companies I've worked for (I always look). He often has to spell it.

I had a maiden that was hard to spell & pronounce, was always having to spell it. This was especially hard over the phone, as it contained quite a few S's, which always got taken for F's.
My DH had an equally unusual surname, but it was shorter and easier to spell.I always said I would keep my surname when I married or make it double barrelled, but I was so glad to get rid of my maiden name, I took DH's gladly, plus the fact that, my first name with DH's surname, sounded quite glam, a bit film starish.

My surname is a straightforward Irish one, but one I have to spell because most businesses these days can't seem to get to grips with two capital letters and an apostrophe.

Dh has a 3 letter surname. Very easy. But I did not change mine because it is too alliterative with my first name. Actually my married name is shared with a porn star, which amuses dh, but remains one of my stated reasons for never changing mine.

I always had to spell my maiden name, or say "as in bride and..." as on the telephone people would always think it was something else. My married name means farmer in Cornish - I always spell it as people look confused. They've both got 5 letters.

My maiden name was super boring and everyone still asked me to spell it!! X2b has a boring name but it can be spelt either of 2 ways so I always get asked and DP has a super common name that can also be spelt 2 was so now people think I am Mrs DP I still get questioned!!

I wanted to marry a man with a wonderfully different surname but ho hum - found the perfcet man with the most boring surname!! (Just got to get divorced and marry him!!)

No. Maiden name unspellable, married name much easier.

My friend was a smith and married one - and wainrights too got married

I have to spell both - married one i dont use often - we have a nom de plume we both use instead!

I have to spell both my Christian and surname (emails are a nightmare) but kept latter when I married (really don't understand the changing names thing smacks of property to me). Dh's name so boring he didn't want to give it to ds - registered in my name only. Really confused the registrar!

Maiden name totally unspellable and unpronounceable too.....married name is common as muck! And very spellable too!